children's app & ebook advisory

Children’s App & eBook Advisory

May 23, 2014Rancho Cucamonga Library

Carisa Kluver, Digital-Storytime.comCen Campbell, LittleeLit.com

Why is Digital Shift Relevant?• The transition from print to digital is happening FAST!• It’s far reaching into every demographic.• The impact is profound, especially for young readers.

Transition from print to digital is happening FAST ...

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Source: Common Sense Media

October 2013

It’s far reaching into every demographic, especially for kids content ...

Is the iPad the new toybox & bookshelf?

Source: Daily Mail - UK - Science - February 21, 2014

Issues• Screen Time

• Digital Divide

• Print vs Digital

What is Role of Libraries?

eBooks vs Book Apps

VS

Cutting through the Confusion ...

Shift to Digital is “in progress”

Hard Data is Incomplete or Private

Popular backlists go digital in different ways simultaneously

New tools for publishing emerging

Cost of publishing can vary much more in digital space

What makes a good digital book?● Meaningful interactive elements that are

relevant to the narrative & don’t distract● Quality story with high quality images● Simple, large & easily-readable font● Read-to-me & read-to-myself options● Highlighting word-for-word● Settings for turning on/off music/sound effects● Navigation, ease of use, tech stability

Demo - Sandra Boynton

Moo, Baa, La, La, La

Where can you find digital book reviews?● Common Sense Media: http://www.commonsensemedia.

org● Digital Storytime: http://digital-storytime.com● Kirkus: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-

reviews/ipad/● School Library Journal: Touch & Go http://www.slj.

com/category/books-media/reviews/apps/● Horn Book: Out of the Box http://www.hbook.

com/category/choosing-books/app-review-of-the-week/

Review Resources

Website Tour

Other Good ResourcesAppShopper.comAppFriday.com

MomsWithApps.comSmartAppsforKids.com

TheiMums.comTeachersWithApps.comAnd many, many more!

Reader’s Appvisory?

Questions?

Contact us anytime! CenLibrarian@gmail.com

Digital.Storytime@gmail.com

Twitter: @LittleeLit & @iPad_StorytimeFacebook: LittleeLit & Digital Storytime

Web: LittleeLit.com & Digital-Storytime.com